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Past Presidents

Goshen College Presidents:

  • Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, 2017-present
  • Kenneth Newbold (Interim President), 2017
  • James E. Brenneman, 2006-17
  • John D. Yordy (Interim President), 2004-06
  • Shirley H. Showalter, 1997-2004
  • Henry D. Weaver, (Interim President), 1996
  • Victor S. Stoltzfus, 1984-96
  • J. Lawrence Burkholder, 1971-84
  • Paul E. Mininger, 1954-70
  • Carl Kreider (Acting President), 1950-51, 1970-71
  • Ernest E. Miller, 1940-54
  • Sanford C. Yoder, 1923-40
  • Daniel Kauffman, 1922-23
  • Irvin R. Detweiler (Acting President), 1920-22
  • Henry Frank Reist, 1919-20
  • George J. Lapp, 1918-19
  • John E. Hartzler, 1913-18
  • Noah E. Byers, 1901-13